COUNTING CHANGE --- Money Mat and Overlay

Does your child or a student in your class struggle to participate meaningfully when you start talking about counting change and skip counting? Here is a great solution for any student (all students) who need a quick and easy way to follow along, actively participate, and LEARN to count mixed change!!

This was created to help my daughter who is in second grade. She hasn't mastered skip counting yet (she's still working on that, but in order to grasp counting change, she needs an adaptive tool to help her along). This will cut down on the amount she has to count out loud (counting to 25 for each quarter can really slow you down, when the rest of the class knows to skip straight to 25, then to 50, etc. These interchangeable puzzle pieces lay over the money mat (See below) created by Sparkling in Second.

First, head on over to Sparkling in Second to check out her awesome blog and download her free Money Mat! (You will need that for this activity!!-- so Seriously, Head on over there! Don't worry, it'll open a new tab so you wont need to find your way back here after you download it!)

Money Mat Overlay by swes333 on Scribd

Common Core Reading Second Grade- Modifications

These stories have been modified to incorporate the 10 Scavenger Hunt Sentences most teachers use during instruction. They provide students with simplified text, larger print, and less words. Students are able to read independently or with assistance. They can carry on full discussions with the class regarding the stories. These edited versions help alleviate stress and confusion caused all of the less crucial "filler text". They also help the student get through the story-- (especially helpful with kids who don't like to sit too long or lose focus sooner than their peers).


Click the Purple Titles to visit my FREE Scribd page for Downloads.

Tara and Tiree Fearless Friends

Abraham Lincoln

Scarcity

The Bremen Town Musicians

Dear Juno

Anansi Goes Fishing

A Weed is a Flower

A Weed is a Flower Supplemental Material

Flashcards                                           Flipbook/ Strips

           

Telling Time

Telling Time: First Grade

Flash card set includes analog and digital clocks. On the hour, half hour and quarter hours. I created these for Raven. Please feel free to use them in the home and in the classroom.  Print, cut, paste to standard 3x5" index cards. Can be front (analog)/ back (digital) used as flash cards or analog vs digital pasted to separate index cards for a game of matching. Download, share, print as many as you'd like for personal and commercial use.

Download Flash Cards - 12 hour clock
Download Flash Cards - 24 hour clock*

*24 hour set will require printing 2 sets of clocks OR download the 12 hour set, print just the clocks to use for 01.00-12.00 and the 24 hour set for 13.00-00.00

SPREAD THE WORD TO END THE WORD 2015

Today is SPREAD THE WORD TO END THE WORD. if you choose "retarded" to describe anything of distaste or dislike... please rethink how you are choosing your adjectives

The word formerly (and still currently in many countries and for those who didn't receive their updated memo post DSM V or Rosa's law 2010) meant someone with an IQ 70 or below. So when you use a word, that legally, medically, and educationally described an individual with developmental delays, for a slang term describing something negatively you are DEVALUING individuals with disabilities

I DIDNT MEAN IT LIKE THAT

"I didn't mean it like that" (We all hear our friends or loved ones say this"---> doesnt help excuse your poor choice of descriptive language---- it just shows your inability to comprehend another's point of view and Your Inability to THINK CRITICALLY about a social stigma that 'may make you "uncomfortable"' but Oppresses and DeHUMANizes Individuals who are not inferior to anyone else- they just have cognitive or developmental delays that prevent them from reaching "normal development" in a predetermined  "normal amount of time"

Celebrities and Script Writers- Knock It OFF!!

if you are a celebrity or Script writer- and you choose to belittle individuals with disabilities or choose the word "retard" for that "WOW" factor--- Knock it Off! you are using mainstream media to perpetuate fear and stereotypes about some truly amazing people in our society. If you need to belittle people to get your jokes across you suck at your job!! Try something different for the sake of humanity!

We  can't  all  be  as  smart  as  Stephen  Hawking

that doesn't mean we are all less worthy of life 

Go to www.r-word.org to learn more or to sign the pledge to stop using this word. 

Raven Thanks You <3 (and so do I)

Kindergarten: Concepts Activity Binder

 

All of these worksheets (and more) can be found in full-size ready to print on my Scribd account FREE.

Print & Cut Answer squares--->
Write :   Month   Day,   Year.    Age.    Month    Ordinal # (1st, 2nd,...),    Future age.

DAYS OF THE WEEK

Days of the week can be used to learn correct order, student can circle today, learn to spell, or can be cut out and used for the 2nd and 3rd following worksheets (or as flashcards)

Laminate and use Velcro or magnetic strips to set on a cookie sheet (I recommend adding a layer of tape over magnets to ensure safety!!!) Or use Dry-erase to write out

 

MONTHS

Can use as a cheat-sheet, review, or can be cut out to fit blank worksheet below. Velcro, use sticky back magnetic strips (add a layer of tape over magnet for added safety!) or laminate and use dry-erase to write in answers.

Worksheet should be broken down into manageable tasks (ordering months, matching # and month, making month and abbreviation, or simpler games such as what month is between January and March with 2 answers to choose from)

                               

PHONE & ADDRESS

Print two copies. Write out phone number and address on one and cut out. Velcro, use sticky back magnetic strips (add a layer of tape over magnet for added safety!) to use on a cookie sheet, or laminate to use dry erase. Say phone number and address in chunks in a sing-song Jingle. 123..456..7--8--90 or 1-23, 4-56,78,90- and keep the jingle consistent!

NUMBER MATCHING FILE FOLDER GAME (FREE)

Ice Cream Cone Number Matching Game

     I recently discovered filefolderfun.com and I must say I am very impressed! The site offers free file folder games (which could be used in or out of the classroom). Raven has been working on counting for quite some time now, so it's no surprise that I downloaded every number game they had. I think I overwhelmed Raven in counting dots. She has the ladybug Garden Counting Game that her BSC downloaded from ABCteach.com (however after searching their website for an hour, I couldn't find it). She also has Cupcake Count (from Filefolder.com). I also downloaded an Ice Cream Count and Match game (from www.themeasuredmom.com) *This one I adapted though because we already had 2 (listed above) games exactly like it. Instead of printing the small white piece of paper with the number printed on it-- i collected buttons that I actually have laying around (I make bows for Raven- so I have LOTS of Buttons!!) and found enough buttons to match the colors of the ice cream scoops, put a wee piece of velcro on the ice cream scoop's dots and the back of the button and Voila a hands on counting and color matching game!

(See my pics of all games listed above--- HERE) 

We are still having resistance with counting- She can, but it is still a non-prefered activity. This is why I decided to try a straight NUMBER MATCHING GAME. Instead of matching a written number with an amount of dots Raven will have a game of matching a written # with another written #. (We really like taking a holistic approach to her education, the more ways we can get her to focus on subject the better!)

ICE CREAM SCOOPS

*These were made for a borderless printer- however the margins are set at 1/2".

Ice Cream Scoops Number Match

ICE CREAM CONES

*you can print these and cut them out before gluing onto a file folder (make sure to cover in contact paper) or laminate the entire page and place in a binder with other similar games! Raven has file and binder games and likes both equally

Ice Cream Cones Matching

Simply print all 3 sheets. Laminate the Ice Cream Scoops and either laminate or glue the Ice Cream Cones into a file folder. Place a piece of velcro about a 1/2" above the top, center of the cone and a piece of velcro on the back of the ice cream scoop. Then ENJOY!!

A Kindergartner's Currency (An immediate and delayed gratification system)

My daughter will be transitioning into kindergarten in just over a week. I wanted to create a reward system that won't distract her or her peers. 
( I just don't think its fair that a child gets food rewards and nobody else in the class gets them) *As for stickers, my kid likes them, just not enough to motivate her to do things to get them.

Today I gave a trial run at this- Her TSS came and I explained that we would do 3 activities (See HERE for a list of some of Ravie's), after each activity completed WITHOUT hitting!!! she would get a sticker; After 3 getting 3 stickers she could have a Popsicle. She completed it successfully on her first try! So I decided to make her work a little harder (5 activities w/o Hitting~ so 5 stickers Then Popsicle) -- she was a little frustrated and uncooperative during the first activity because she wanted another Popsicle immediately, but after a couple dozen redirects and reminders of the rules she caught on and Zipped right through all 5 activities. My daughter completed 8 activities WITHOUT HITTING!!! We shall see Monday if this continues, but for now the immediate gratification of sticker and the "almost immediate" gratification of a Popsicle after completing multiple activities is working very well!

Next we shall see if prolonging the receiving of the reward will work at her development (fingers crossed!)

The end goal:  Raven will have to complete 5 (and eventually 10) non-consecutive tasks without hitting as well, as 5 trips to the restroom (with relief) to earn a Ravie Currency that she will bring home and be allowed to cash in. *I thought about adding an iPad time coupon, but I wanted her rewards to be exclusive to completing her objectives- I feel I'd cave to easily and give her the iPad even if she didn't "earn" it (and that would be ineffective). 

**Feel free to make copies- the work has already been done and I love to share ideas, not sell useful resources that our children could benefit from! I used Photoshop CS6 to create these using shapes, texts, and free clip-art from Google Images. 

Ravie Bucks:

*Notice that they are all food rewards :( I had vowed to never use food to reward my child, but with ODD and ADHD there are very few things that can hold her interest and motive her- at the moment these are all of the things she will "preform" for. She doesn't mind going without the TV, some days she hates the park, she doesn't get overly attached to toys (she does love her Woody & Buzz from Toy Story, but has no difficulties when they "go missing") I will continue to brainstorm and will make more if she decide to let other non-edible things motivate her!! ---- FEEL FREE TO LEAVE A COMMENT AND LET ME KNOW WHAT REWARDS YOU USE FOR YOUR CHILD **and check back- I will make currency for some of the suggested rewards!**

UPDATE:

    Here are some that have already been suggested by friends

Thank you to the wonderful Christina Tonelli for these suggestions!!! (have you check out her awesome Advocacy site : Down Right Beautiful

Sticker Chart (5 stickers= 1 Ravie buck):